Loop

United Kingdom, 1986–now

English band led by Robert Hampson, active 1986-1991. Fade Out and A Gilded Eternity are built on repeated distorted riffs held for long durations.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Loop and 0 artists Loop influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Loop?

• Can — Loop's official cover of Can's 'Mother Sky' declares the krautrock motor inside their riff-mantras.
• The Stooges — Hampson's fuzz-mantra minimalism is the Stooges' Fun House played as ritual — the documented other pole of Loop's sound.